Electronic Device, Control Method, and Recording Medium for Controlling Switching First Controller and Second Controller to Communicator

1. An electronic device comprising: a first controller comprising a first processor; a second controller comprising a second processor for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first processor; a communicator configured to be switchably connected to the first controller and the second controller, and to communicate with an external device with a first communication method and a second communication method that enables communication at lower power consumption than power consumption of the first communication method; a switch configured to be controlled to switch a connection destination of the communicator to the first controller or the second controller, wherein in a case in which a condition for transitioning from a normal operating state to a power suppression state that is an operating state in which power consumption is suppressed relative to the normal operating state is satisfied, the first controller is configured to transition to a sleep state in which power consumption is suppressed and the second controller is configured to control the switch to connect the second controller to the communicator to perform communication by the second communication method, wherein in a case in which a condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied, the second controller is configured to send a wake-up signal that causes the first controller to recover from the sleep state and the first controller is configured to recover from the sleep state in response to the wake-up signal and control the switch to connect the first controller to the communicator to perform communication by the first communication method, wherein the second controller is configured to acquire a setting of whether or not a user desires to maintain the power suppression state, and wherein in a case where the setting acquired by the second controller is that the user desires to maintain the power suppression state, the second controller is configured to maintain the communicating by the second communication method without sending the wake-up signal when the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an operation acquirer configured to acquire an operation of a user, wherein in a case in which the operation of the user is acquired, the operation acquirer or the second controller is configured to send a wake-up signal that causes the first controller to recover from the sleep state in which power consumption is suppressed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising: a first display; and a second display for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first display, wherein the first controller is configured to: in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state is satisfied, send a power suppression notification to the second controller, stop displaying by the first display, and transition to the sleep state; and in the case in which the wake-up signal is received from the second controller or the operation acquirer, recover the from the sleep state, start displaying by the first display, and control the switch to connect the first controller to the communicator to perform communication by the first communication method, and wherein the second controller is configured to: in the case in which the power suppression notification is received from the first controller, start displaying by the second display, and control the switch to connect the second controller to the communicator to perform communication by the second communication method; and in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied, send the wake-up signal to the first controller, and stop the displaying by the second display.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state comprises a predetermined amount of time elapsing during which there is no acquisition of the operation by the operation acquirer.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state comprises a predetermined amount of time elapsing during which there is no acquisition of the operation by the operation acquirer.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state comprises information received by communicator being information indicating an incoming call.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second controller is further configured to acquire a priority of information received by the communicator, the priority comprising a high priority and a low priority having a lower priority than the high priority, and wherein the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state comprises the communicator received information for which the priority acquired by the second controller is the high priority.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising: a first display, and a second display for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first display, wherein the second controller is configured to display, on the second display, in a case where the priority of the information received by the communicator is not the high priority, an icon indicating that the information is received.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising: an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration, wherein the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state comprises the second controller determining that a value detected by the acceleration sensor indicates a predetermined movement.

10. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein in the case where the setting acquired by the second controller is that the user desires to maintain the power suppression state, the second controller is configured to maintain the displaying by the second display and the communicating by the second communication method, without sending the wake-up signal to the first controller when the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied, the second controller is configured to control a notifier to output vibration or sound.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second controller is configured to: in a case in which the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state is satisfied, and in a case in which the communicator is carrying out communication by the first communication method, continue the communication by the first communication method without switching the communication by the communicator to communication by the second communication method.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first controller is configured to: in a case in which the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the normal state is satisfied, and in a case in which the communicator is carrying out communication by the second communication method, continue the communication by the second communication method without switching the communication by the communicator to communication by the first communication method.

14. A control method for an electronic device comprising a first controller comprising a first processor, a second controller comprising a second processor for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first processor, and a communicator configured to be switchably connected to the first controller and the second controller, and to communicate with an external device with a first communication method and a second communication method that enables communication at lower power consumption than power consumption of the first communication method, the control method comprising: controlling a switch to switch a connection destination of the communicator to the first controller or the second controller, wherein controlling the switch comprises: in a case in which a condition for transitioning from a normal operating state to a power suppression state that is an operating state in which power consumption is suppressed relative to the normal operating state is satisfied, transitioning the first controller to a sleep state in which power consumption is suppressed and controlling, by the second controller, the switch to connect the second controller to the communicator to perform communication by the second communication method, in a case in which a condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied, sending, by the second controller, a wake-up signal that causes the first controller to recover from the sleep state and controlling, by the first controller, the switch to connect the first controller to the communicator to perform communication by the first communication method, acquiring, by the second controller, a setting of whether or not a user desires to maintain the power suppression state, and in a case where the setting acquired by the second controller is that the user desires to maintain the power suppression state, maintaining, by the second controller, the communicating by the second communication method without sending the wake-up signal when the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied.

15. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein the electronic device further comprises an operation acquirer, and wherein the control method comprises, in a case in which an operation of a user is acquired, sending, by the operation acquirer or the second controller, a wake-up signal that causes the first controller to recover from the sleep state in which power consumption is suppressed.

16. The control method according to claim 15 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a first display, and a second display for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first display, wherein the control method comprises: in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state is satisfied, stopping, by the first controller, displaying by the first display, and transitioning, by the first controller, to the sleep state; and in a case in which the wake-up signal is received from the second controller or the operation acquirer, recovering, by the first controller, from the sleep state, starting, by the first controller, displaying by the first display, and controlling, by the first controller, the switch to connect the first controller to the communicator to perform communication by the first communication method, and wherein the control method comprises: in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state is satisfied, starting, by the second controller, displaying by the second display, and controlling, by the second controller, the switch to connect the second controller to the communicator to perform communication by the second communication method; and in the case in which the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal state is satisfied, sending, by the second controller, the wake-up signal to the first controller, and stopping, by the second controller, the displaying by the second display.

17. The control method according to claim 15 , wherein the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state comprises a predetermined amount of time elapsing during which there is no acquisition of the operation by the operation acquirer.

18. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein the condition for transitioning from the normal operating state to the power suppression state comprises a predetermined amount of time elapsing during which there is no acquisition of the operation by the operation acquirer.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for controlling an electronic device comprising a first controller comprising a first processor, a second controller comprising a second processor for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first processor, and a communicator configured to be switchably connected to the first controller and the second controller, and to communicate with an external device with a first communication method and a second communication method that enables communication at lower power consumption than power consumption of the first communication method, to at least perform: controlling a switch to switch a connection destination of the communicator to the first controller or the second controller, wherein controlling the switch comprises: in a case in which a condition for transitioning from a normal operating state to a power suppression state that is an operating state in which power consumption is suppressed relative to the normal operating state is satisfied, transitioning the first controller to a sleep state in which power consumption is suppressed and controlling, by the second controller, the switch to connect the second controller to the communicator to perform communication by the second communication method, in a case in which a condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied, sending, by the second controller, a wake-up signal that causes the first controller to recover from the sleep state, and controlling, by the first controller, the switch to connect the first controller to the communicator to perform communication by the first communication method, acquiring, by the second controller, a setting of whether or not a user desires to maintain the power suppression state, and in a case where the setting acquired by the second controller is that the user desires to maintain the power suppression state, maintaining, by the second controller, the communicating by the second communication method without sending the wake-up signal when the condition for transitioning from the power suppression state to the normal operating state is satisfied.